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Great find. Thanks as always.! :D

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Hello souvik,
Can we get the OAs please?

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My Take :
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When shall Thou Post the OA's?
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Please post the official answers.

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2. Agatha Christie's[/color] travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels
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travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel in one of Christie's most famous books.

Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels [second her is being used as obj but this her points to possessive noun]
• Agatha Christie[/color] used her travels with her archaeologist husband to inspire several mystery novels [to inspire novel huhh]
• Because her husband was an archaeologist, Agatha Christie was able to use their travels as inspiration for several of her mystery novels. [No reference for "their"] Also conveys weird meaning.
• Together with her archaeologist husband, Agatha Christie[/color] was inspired to incorporate their travel into several of her mystery novels [Conveys weird meaning.]
• Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels

Originally posted by JarvisR on 29 Aug 2014, 04:03.
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3. The United States Navy announced that, beginning next year, they plan to close several of their bases in order to reduce operating expenses.

• they plan to close several of their bases
• they are planning to close several of their bases
it plans to close several of its bases
• they plan several closures of their bases
• it plans to close several of their bases
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4. Created in 1731,
Anders Celsius’ original thermometer had a scale
where the value of 0 corresponded to the boiling point of water
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after he died in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form.

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• in 1731, Anders Celsius’ original thermometer had a scale where the value of 0 corresponded to the boiling point of water; after he died in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form.
• in 1731, Anders Celsius’ original thermometer had a scale in which the value of 0 corresponded to the boiling point of water; after his death in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form.
• in 1731, Anders Celsius’ original thermometer had a scale in which the value of 0 corresponded to the boiling point of water; after he died in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form.
• by Anders Celsius in 1731, his original thermometer had a scale in which the value of 0 corresponded to the boiling point of water; reversing the scale to its present form after his death in 1744. [where is verb in IC2?]
• by Anders Celsius in 1731, his original thermometer had a scale where the value of 0 corresponded to the boiling point of water; after his death in 1744 the scale reversed to its present form. [scale didnt reverse itself, it was reversed.]
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5. The lawyers for the patent holder
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the federal judge to impose an injunction against the hardware manufacturer,
arguing that they
should take
immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client.


they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client [they ->who Judge Wrong.their -> lawyers. the two pronouns cant point to different antecedent. ]
• the judge act immediately in order to prevent the client from suffering further damages of an economic nature
they should act immediately to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client [they who lawyers. Not the intended meaning.l]
• the judge act immediately in order to prevent them from suffering economic damages further [them -> lawyers. Not the intended meaning.]
• immediate action should be taken to prevent their client from suffering further economic damages
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Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels; travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel in one of Christie's most famous books.

• Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels
• Agatha Christie used her travels with her archaeologist husband to inspire several mystery novels
• Because her husband was an archaeologist, Agatha Christie was able to use their travels as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
• Together with her archaeologist husband, Agatha Christie was inspired to incorporate their travel into several of her mystery novels
• Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels

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for the most part, the "possessive poison" rule is more trouble than it's worth. in fact, although you can use it to eliminate a choice here and there, it has been the deciding factor in exactly 0 official problems to date. yes, that's right: zero, as in none. therefore, unless you understand the possessive poison role PERFECTLY, you're actually better off forgetting about it entirely.

IGNORE THE "POSSESSIVE POISON" RULE. If you think about it, you will be worse off than if you don't.

in any case, the rule is:
you can't use a NON-possessive pronoun to stand for a possessive noun.
that's it.
note that ALL THREE other combinations -- possessive pronoun for possessive noun, non-possessive pronoun for non-possessive noun, and possessive pronoun for non-possessive noun -- are okay. ONLY the aforementioned combination is ruled out.

in choice (e), "her" is actually a possessive (check the context), and so is not subject to this rule.
the second instance of "her" in choice (a), however, is an OBJECT pronoun, and so is incorrect according to this rule. (the first instance of "her" is another possessive pronoun, and so is perfectly okay.)
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5. The lawyers for the patent holder
pressed
the federal judge to impose an injunction against the hardware manufacturer,
arguing that they
should take
immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client.


they should take immediate action in order to prevent further economic damages against their client [they ->who Judge Wrong.their -> lawyers. the two pronouns cant point to different antecedent. ]
• the judge act immediately in order to prevent the client from suffering further damages of an economic nature
they should act immediately to prevent further economic damages being suffered by the client [they who lawyers. Not the intended meaning.l]
• the judge act immediately in order to prevent them from suffering economic damages further [them -> lawyers. Not the intended meaning.]
• immediate action should be taken to prevent their client from suffering further economic damages



Thank you so much for your explaination~~
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